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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Lichfield District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,678 approved · 699 refused · 306 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 19 May 2017 to 29 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 2 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Land East Of Bonehill House Park Lane Bonehill Tamworth Staffordshire
Received 5 Feb 202686 Haymoor Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SX
Received 6 Feb 202614 Hardwick Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BU
Received 6 Feb 2026Burntwood Business Park Zone 3, Paget 12 Cinder Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 3FS
Received 6 Feb 202611A Cranleigh Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9XT
Received 9 Feb 2026Court Manor Court Drive Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0JG
Received 9 Feb 202621 Curlew Close Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9UL
Received 9 Feb 2026The Old Rectory Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AP
Received 9 Feb 202637 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BY
Received 9 Feb 202637 Mill End Lane Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7BY
Received 9 Feb 2026The Old Rectory Main Street Clifton Campville Tamworth Staffordshire B79 0AP
Received 9 Feb 202652-54 Main Street Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AA
Received 9 Feb 202635 Ferndale Road Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 7DJ
Received 10 Feb 20264 Fecknam Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6BY
Received 10 Feb 202619 The Friary Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6QG
Received 10 Feb 202636 Deepmore Close Alrewas Burton Upon Trent Staffordshire DE13 7AY
Received 10 Feb 202614 Broadlands Rise Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9SF
Received 10 Feb 2026Wentworth House Little Aston Park Road Sutton Coldfield Staffordshire B74 3BZ
Received 27 Jan 2026Home Farm Brickhouse Lane Elford Tamworth Staffordshire B79 9DE
Received 11 Feb 2026Wrekin Products Limited Britannia Business Park Europa Way Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 9TZ
Received 11 Feb 202645 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 11 Feb 202645 Market Street Lichfield Staffordshire WS13 6LA
Received 11 Feb 20263 Richard Cooper Road Shenstone Lichfield Staffordshire WS14 0NL
Received 12 Feb 2026Coton Green Football Club New Mill Lane Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RX
Received 12 Feb 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Lichfield District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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